![]() ![]() Our Skyworth TV uses 1.5 amps playing a DVD. Many of these TVs have built in DVD players which also help reduce power consumption. ![]() There are decent TVs built for the trucker market that run off 12 volts and can handle the tremendous voltage range of an automotive system (might be 15 volts from the alternator when driving at freeway speeds). If your TV /entertainment system is a 120 VAC system requiring an inverter, considering replacing it with a 12 VDC TV with a built in DVD. And when you are boondocking, don’t turn on more than you need. And even fluorescent lights use more power than LEDs. If you have a compressor fridge (12 VDC only) you are going to need more batteries to run it.Īnother amazing hog is incandescent lights. Immediately switch your fridge to propane if you are not moving. If you need to run the microwave or coffee pot, fire up your generator (or use the propane stove). Sure it can be done, but the power required is high. Generally this means avoiding running any 120 VAC appliances by using an inverter. Once you know what your appliances use in terms of amps you will know what you can operate and how long you can operate it and not drop your battery below 50%. If you have a camper with an older Magnetek Converter consider upgrading it to get a multi-stage charger ( see article here). 3) If you have a generator it will supply 120 VAC to the converter/charger or inverter/charger to recharge the batteries. 2) When plugged into shore power the converter/charger or inverter/charger will recharge the batteries. ![]() 1) The camper’s alternator will recharge the battery while you are driving (this is typically the fastest way to recharge). Your house battery is recharged several ways. The 12 VDC comes from your house battery. And it will have a 12 VDC (volts direct current) which is like your car. Your camper (ignoring the fancy new technology) has 2 electrical systems, a 120 VAC (volts alternating current) system which is like your sticks and bricks home. Make yourself a list of how many amps each item uses. Then you can figure out how to minimize the power use. Once you have the monitor installed you can figure out how much power your electrical items are using. You want to avoid letting your batteries go below 50% (assuming a lead acid battery – whether a wet cell, gel, or AGM). The battery monitor will tell you the amps going into and out of your battery and will tell you the battery % full. Campskunk did this for his old rig, but it is far easier and more valuable to install a battery monitor. Trying to guess capacity of your battery by voltage readings is difficult and since you can’t remove all loads and let it sit for hours (as required for accurate voltage readings) you will have to calibrate to a fixed small load (using a hydrometer). We wrote an article on how to install one here. We highly recommend the Trimetric battery monitor. Those idiot lights on the control panel are not quite worthless, but very close. The first thing you should do if you plan to sit in one place without hookups for more than one night is to install a battery monitor. If you boondock much, a generator is important, but if you only do it occasionally or after a long day of driving, it is not needed. We have an Onan generator (installed 5 years ago, but the Roadtrek was “generator ready” from the factory) and a single Group 24 battery with a mere 80 amp hours of capacity (20 times less than what Mike has). Our 20 year old Roadtrek is a perfect example. Sure Mike and Campskunk have some neat features and can pretty much act like they are plugged into Con Edison, an infinite source of electricity, but chances are your current rig can handle boondocking quite well with some relatively simple mods and paying close attention to the resources you do have. And you may be thinking that boondocking (camping with no hookups) is beyond what you can do with your less sophisticated rig. You may have read about Mike Wendland’s and Campskunk’s field testing fancy new Roadtrek CS Adventurous XL models with a gazillion amps of lithium-ion batteries and ungodly large inverters and acres of solar panels on the roof with envy. ![]()
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![]() When wheezes are heard in only one lung this is referred to unilateral wheezing which indicates that a forigen body obstruction is presented 12’ 16.Ī) Typical waveform from wheeze- (dB/milisecond). If bilateral wheezing is heard in both lungs, this is an indication of bronchoconstriction. Aside from narrowed airways, wheezes can also be caused by inflammation secondary to asthma and bronchitis. They sound like a whistle when you breathe and are most audible during the expiratory phase. Wheezes commonly occur at the end of the inspiratory phase or early expiratory phase as a result of the gradual opening or closing of a collapsed airway. ![]() Wheezes are continuous, high-pitched adventitious lung sounds with the typical frequency range from 100 Hz to 5000 Hz and duration above 40 milisecond. It shows a typical respiratory cycle with time duration about 35 milisecond.ī & c) Spectral Pitch & Frequency spectrogram for a normal breath (Hz/milisecond). The type, duration, location, and intensity of each adventitious breath sounds can help classify signals 4’ 8’ 17‘ 19.Ī) Typical waveform from normal breath - (dB/milisecond). In this project, our focus would only be on wheeze and crackle. This includes abnormal lung sounds such as crackles, wheezes, rhonchi, and stridor. On the other hand, adventitious or abnormal lung sounds consist of additional audible sounds during auscultation. The inhalation process is normally 2-3 times the length of the exhalation process 7’ 22. During expiration the sound becomes softer as air flows within the larger airways. This is generated by turbulent airflow within the lobes of the lungs. The sounds have more distinguishable features during inspiration period than the exhalation. Vesicular or normal lung sounds are usually soft and low-pitched and heard during auscultation of the chest and lung surface of a healthy person. Background: Respiratory Sounds Normal and Abnormal Lung Sounds Thus, the key fundamental, initial step in developing our telemedicine platform is to determine the presence of adventitious sounds and distinguish between four classes of wheeze, crackle, a combination of both, and normal breathing. Besides, most respiratory ailments are accompanied by the same sound anomalies during the patient’s inspiration and/or expiration cycles 23. In those COVID-19 cases, in which the infection has led to acute respiratory distress 14’ 32, breathing appears as distant sounds accompanied by coarse crackles and diffuse wheezes 5 ‘ 20. Moreover, in a broader context, it can assist pulmonologists to diagnose varying degrees of sound abnormalities and lung ailments including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, infection, and inflammation of the airways and facilitate the long-term, remote monitoring and treatments in inexpensive, non-invasive, and safe ways. Our system may provide a better chance of benefiting from treatments as well as preventing the spread of the coronavirus. The current situation has highly motivated us to consider our project as an opportunity to develop a telemedicine platform for remote, automated diagnosis of adventitious pathological sounds which can contribute to diagnosis of respiratory disorders. Moreover, it emphasized the necessity of telemedicine and smart telediagnosis of disease while the availability of professional physicians are low and the risk of in-person check outs are high. ![]() These circumstances that have dramatically impacted all aspects of our lives highlight the importance of early and automated diagnosis of such respiratory disorders more than ever. Viral pneumonia, difficulty in breathing and dyspnea became known as key symptoms in infected patients and in severe cases caused uncountable deaths since the virus outbreak 32. The emergence of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has caused a large global outbreak and major public health issues 15. Respiratory Sounds Classification | CS 7651 - Machine Learning (Team 7) Respiratory Sounds Classification CS 7651 - Machine Learning (Team 7) View on GitHubĪnjana Nandagopal, Elvan Ugurlu, Fereshteh Shahmiri, Serhat Erdogan, Sukris Vong. ![]() ![]() The trick to spotting feelings is to pay close attention to changes people undergo when they respond to external events. The first step to labeling is detecting the other person’s emotional state. It gets you close to someone without asking about external factors you know nothing about. Give someone’s emotion a name and you show you identify with how that person feels. Labeling is a way of validating someone’s emotion by acknowledging it. Visualize yourself in the position they describe and put in as much detail as you can as if you were actually there. As they talk, imagine that you are that person. Turn your attention to someone who’s talking near you, or watch a person being interviewed on TV. If you want to increase your neural resonance skills, take a moment right now and practice. When we closely observe a person’s face, gestures, and tone of voice, our brain begins to align with theirs in a process called neural resonance, and that lets us know more fully what they think and feel. It’s bringing our attention to both the emotional obstacles and the potential pathways to getting an agreement done. Tactical empathy is understanding the feelings and mindset of another in the moment and also hearing what is behind those feelings so you increase your influence in all the moments that follow. At least four seconds, to let the mirror work its magic on your counterpart andĬhapter 3: Don’t Feel Their Pain, Label It To get your own way without confrontation, follow five simple steps: Having the right mindset is the key to a successful negotiation. In one study by Richard Wiseman, the average tip of the waiters who mirrored was 70 percent more than of those who used positive reinforcement. ![]() Use mirrors to encourage the other side to empathize and bond with you, keep people talking, buy your side time to regroup, and encourage your counterparts to reveal their strategy.īy repeating back what people say, your counterpart will inevitably elaborate on what was just said and sustain the process of connecting. Mirroring is the art of insinuating similarity, which facilitates bonding. We fear what’s different and are drawn to what’s similar. ![]() Repeat the last three words (or the critical one to three words) of what someone has just said. View assumptions as hypotheses and use the negotiation to test them rigorously. You can be very direct and to the point as long as you create safety by a tone of voice that says “I’m okay, you’re okay, let’s figure things out.” Positivity creates mental agility in both you and your counterpart. When people are in a positive frame of mind, they think more quickly and are more likely to collaborate and problem-solve.
![]() ![]() Your mission is to escape! But to do so you need to navigate a mysterious, sinister clockwork world filled with secrets and cryptic puzzles. ![]() CROSS-PLATFORM PLAYThis game can be played cross-platform, play on Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, Android or Mac! It’s up to you how you play: play on two PCs, or get cosy on the couch with your Switch and iPad! STORYIn Tick Tock: A Tale for Two you and your friend find yourself trapped in an eerie world created by the skilful clockmaker Amalie Ravn. SIMPLE CONTROLS, CHALLENGING PUZZLESTick Tock is so easy to pick up that anyone can join the adventure! All you need is a partner who can communicate what they see in order to solve each puzzle and you will be able to escape without any scratches. Explore different locations in an eerie village: visit an old clock shop, investigate rooms with creaky floorboards, and venture down into a dark basement to find the answers you need to solve the puzzle. ![]() Join our Discord (OtherTales) and find a friend to play with! Find your way to our Discord and learn how to play in our FAQ: NARRATIVE ADVENTUREDiscover a deep story and atmosphere inspired by Scandinavian fairy tales while entering a hand drawn world. Remember you are only as strong as each other and your communication skills are what will help you escape. About This Game COOPERATION IS KEYGoing solo is not an option! Tackle an increasingly challenging and bizarre world filled with puzzles which will push your cooperation skills to the very limits. ![]() ![]() the team is much bigger now than it was a few weeks ago, so going forward we'll be putting a lot more effort into making sure we have a nice onboarding experience. Run the most demanding Mac and Windows applications side-by-side at maximum speeds without rebooting. With VMware being primarily an enterprise-focused company, all our web assets are sort of geared to that type of user's experience, so we have to work with the machine and the tools we have. Download VMware Fusion 12 and let your Mac run Windows, Linux or Mac OS X Server. we have plans to simplify it much further going forward. enrollment/subsvc microsoft-intune/svc Pri1 /tech. Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. You do need a My VMware account, so if folks already have one the process should be quick, but if not they'll have to 'register' for one before they 'register' for the personal use license.īut yah, it's not the best experience for some folks. The article mentions VMware Fusion in the Apple Silicon section. This is the link that is supposed to work: some users in non-US countries were getting routed to other evals. It is labeled Individual and followed by your license key. a MacOS 12 Monterey VM in VMware - GitHub Pages WebDownload MacOS Unlocker for. GitHub - bennytrt/VMware-Workstation-Pro-Keys: the universal license collection of VMware wor. I'm on a new mission interrnally to make that more sensible.). 3D accelerated graphics for macOS Big Sur guests in VMware Fusion 12. ![]() I was having issues with adblockers that I had to disable (and honestly we have so many freaking ad trackers it's nauseating. VMware Fusion Pro gives Mac users the power to run Windows on Mac along with hundreds of other operating systems side. Thanks for that Wil, we're trying to figure out what's going on here. ![]() ![]() ![]() But in cases where the request or the response are XML or JSON, it may be tricky to deal with its structures. It is quite easy to validate simple values. Using WebLOAD’s Parameterization Manager you can feed different values and hold different responses to be validated easily. ![]() Therefore, you should build tests with many different parameters to validate the various responses. Your API receives parameters and returns values. Whether you are using an open source integrated in your application or you remotely use 3rd party API – you need to load test these APIs as well to make sure they adhere to your requirements. In many cases you’ll be using 3rd party tools and APIs. WebLOAD can record your API request, simply by recording your HTTP/HTTPS traffic. You can record the API using an application that uses the API or using one of the API testings tools such as Postman, Boomerang, Advanced REST client, etc. In most cases you’ll write the test (rather than record) since typically you will not have written yet the request to your new API in your application. You can use WebLOAD’s SOAP and REST wizards, or you can code the HTTP requests on your own in JavaScript. Building an API request in WebLOAD can be done in 2 ways: Using Wizard or via Recording. With WebLOAD you can test all types of APIs, whether they are REST or SOAP. Start with the basics and create a test for each API. So where does one start? Ideally – by downloading and reading this eBook – Load Testing Buyer’s Guide, but if you’re just interested in the “Nutshell” version, here are five tips to handle this testing goal efficiently. In terms of performance testing, this translates to the need to continuously load test your API, WSDL, and REST code. Nevertheless, also newly-developed API are doomed to be changed in future iterations for various reasons. These can later be used in future development cycles. There’s simply a perfect fit in the development approach – rather than engage in long development processes of full features, small components are developed and are packaged in an API. Web Services have been known for years, but have become popular once agile and DevOps took off. ![]() ![]() usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:97:in `install' usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:183:in `install_artifacts' System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/2.3/usr/lib/ruby/2.3.0/set.rb:674:in `each' usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/installer.rb:191:in `block in install_artifacts' usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/pkg.rb:32:in `install_phase' ![]() ![]() usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/pkg.rb:59:in `with_choices_file' usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/artifact/pkg.rb:53:in `block in run_installer' usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/system_command.rb:17:in `run!' usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/system_command.rb:13:in `run' usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/system_command.rb:35:in `run!' usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/system_command.rb:73:in `assert_success' Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.) Installer: The install failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Installer:PHASE:Configuring the installation… Installer:PHASE:Waiting for other installations to complete… Installer:PHASE:Preparing Intel® Power Gadget… Installer:PHASE:Preparing for installation… Installer: Package name is Intel® Power Gadget usr/bin/sudo -E - /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /usr/local/Caskroom/intel-power-gadget/3.0.7,553992/Install Intel Power Gadget.pkg -target / -verboseR => Purging files for version 3.0.7,553992 of Cask intel-power-gadget => installer: The install failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. => installer:PHASE:Running package scripts… => installer:PHASE:Configuring the installation… => installer:PHASE:Waiting for other installations to complete… => installer:PHASE:Preparing Intel® Power Gadget… => installer:PHASE:Preparing for installation… => installer: Package name is Intel® Power Gadget => Package installers may write to any location options such as -appdir are ignored. => Running installer for intel-power-gadget your password may be necessary. ![]() => Installing artifact of class Hbc::Artifact::Pkg => Using container class Hbc::Container::Dmg for /Users/mrogersvallee/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/intel-power-gadget-3.0.7,553992.dmg => Checking container class Hbc::Container::Dmg => Checking container class Hbc::Container::Cab => Checking container class Hbc::Container::Air => Checking container class Hbc::Container::Otf => Checking container class Hbc::Container::Ttf => Checking container class Hbc::Container::Pkg => Determining which containers to use based on filetype ![]() => Verifying checksum for Cask intel-power-gadget => Running verification of class Hbc::Verify::Checksum => Checking for verification class Hbc::Verify::Checksum => Determining which verifications to run for Cask intel-power-gadget => Downloaded to -> /Users/mrogersvallee/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/intel-power-gadget-3.0.7,553992.dmg ❯brew cask install intel-power-gadget -verbose -debugĪlready downloaded: /Users/mrogersvallee/Library/Caches/Homebrew/Cask/intel-power-gadget-3.0.7,553992.dmg ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, anyone can fall for a hoax, so we’ll let this be an important lesson about fact-checking and verification. News media is clearly not the right field for you! The fact that you’ve left the original Tweet up when MULTIPLE outlets have confirmed they’re pranksters shows that you’re more interested in engagement and clout than facts and responsible journalism. Twitter refreshes this list constantly, so the trending topics reflect things people are most intensely interested in. we have not been able to confirm that they were actual employees or that the co has laid off anyone today Bosa tweeted that CNBC was “not able to confirm that they were actual employees,” let alone that anyone was even laid off on Friday.Įarlier today we reported on CNBC that a team of data engineers was let go at Twitter based on the account of 2 ppl who told us they were a part of that team. ![]() In the latest update from CNBC, the video still has not been debunked clearly. Yet, the drama went on for a few hours, during which several other reputable publications reported on the video and fell for the prank without fact-checking it. An employee as such does not exist on LinkedIn either, which should’ve been sufficient confirmation. The Verge took a look at Twitter’s Slack directory and did not find anyone by that name. For a couple of hours, CNBC maintained that they were trying to verify the video with Twitter, but existing Twitter employees were calling them out in the comments for reporting the hoax as truth. Minutes after Bosa had tweeted the video as fact, netizens began pointing out the obvious. Unfortunately, all these signs escaped the CNBC reporter. Daniel tells us he owns a Tesla and doesn’t know how he’s going to make payments. Meanwhile, “Daniel Johnson” complains that he doesn’t know how he’ll make his Tesla payments anymore. Other parts of the video are also suspicious and unnatural, such as Ligma pulling out and holding up a copy of Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming, and saying, “Michelle Obama wouldn’t have happened if Elon Musk owned Twitter, you know. The other employee simply calls himself Daniel Johnson. The meme has been around for several years, and this Urban Dictionary entry from 2018 might illustrate how it works if you need clarity. “Ligma” refers to an internet meme that follows the same wordplay principle as, say, “nunya business,” “deez nuts,” or “updog” (“what’s updog?”). But if you have a good eye for BS, you can tell what’s going on - especially since one of these “former Twitter employees” identifies himself as Rahul Ligma. Two men can be seen in the video, surrounded by reporters at the gates of Twitter’s Market Square office in San Francisco. … It makes me worried about the future, the future of celebrity conservatives …” /rbdovOJXo1 The video is still available through other sources and you can watch it here:įired tweeps: “Everything changed very quickly, very quickly. Two individuals decided to take the opportunity to troll the world by pretending they were engineers at Twitter and were leaving their office in classic “you’re fired” fashion – cardboard boxes, stressed-out faces, the whole nine yards.īosa first had a video attached to the tweet, which was later replaced with a photo, thanks to Twitter’s new editing feature. Musk has shaken up the company’s structure, firing several top execs within hours of acquiring it. These are two of them #TwitterTakeover /gNSl6qSCKU These are two of them,” tweeted CNBC reporter Deirdre Bosa on Friday.īosa was reporting on Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter from the social media giant’s headquarters.Įntire team of data engineers let go. Priyanka Chopra’s daughter Malti Marie channels her inner ‘desi girl’ during puja for nana.A video clip showing two freshly laid-off Twitter employees leaving the company headquarters has turned out to be a hoax, and served as a good reminder to check your facts - especially if you’re a news source.Out of the most reported problems, 64% constituted from the app, while 24% was from server connection and 12% login issues. Me with my Wifi after I got to know Instagram is down #instagramdown /etEaivWJGzĪccording to Downdetector, online platform providing real-time information of websites, Instagram outage peaked between 9:47 pm to 11: 47 pm on Thursday with 30,521 reports at 10: 32. Situation right now in twitter /3nvPgp9jJuĮveryone trying to refresh Instagram until we realize it’s down #instagramdown /KrcWlj3zxU *Me trying to open Insta again and again #instagramdown /klMCmrbquQ Just slapped my wifi router only to realise that Instagram was down. Linda Yaccarino takes charge as new Twitter CEO - Heres what she did on her first day at Elon Musks company Linda, the former Chairman of Global Advertising and Partnerships at NBC Universal, took charge of Twitter at a time when the platforms US ad sales plunged 59 per cent in April and May too couldnt recover much of the lost ad sales. 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BRAAAM Strike 2 – movie trailer sound effects library is the second episode of the career-defining sound design collection that gets you noticed. ![]() ![]() ![]() ( 12), which affects children and their families in short term and long term as well. Increasing evidence demonstrated that sleep deprivation in children was closely related to their physical and mental development, such as language, memory, attention, behavior, cognition, emotion, etc. In the United States, the prevalence of insufficient sleep among middle school students was 57.8% in the year 2015 and 72.7% among high school students ( 11). In adolescents aged 8 to 13 years, 71% of them were identified as short sleepers ( 10). Previous research indicated that the prevalence of insufficient sleep in children displayed an upward tendency with increasing age, and about 10% of children aged 1 to 3 years have sleep problems ( 8), while 15–30% of preschoolers have insufficient sleep ( 9). In children, sleep deprivation has been paid much more attention due to the essential stage of physical and mental development. ![]() Sleep deprivation has been recognized as one of the most common sleep problems encountered by general practitioners ( 7). Insufficient sleep is associated with attention, behavior, and learning problems and increases the risk of injuries, obesity, diabetes, and depression, which is a public health problem globally ( 3– 6). Healthy sleep requires adequate duration, appropriate timing, good quality, regularity, and without sleep disturbance or disorders ( 1, 2). Sleep is essential for optimal health in children. ![]() We recommend that parents should limit the screen time of children, advocate earlier bedtime and later morning wake-up among children, as well as make their children sleep in separate beds or rooms in younger age. TV watching as well as parents accompanying for sleep were associated with insufficient sleep and bedtime delay. Meanwhile, the prevalence of bedtime delay was also higher among the only child in the family (OR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.06–1.79), among those with parents accompanying for sleep (OR = 1.21, 95% CI: 1.10-1.34), and those with longer TV watching time (OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.07–1.18).Ĭonclusions: Insufficient sleep and bedtime delay were prevalent in Chinese children aged 3 to 6 years, especially in boys and older children. The prevalence of insufficient sleep was higher among the only child in the family (OR = 1.18, 95% CI: 1.02–1.36) and those with longer hours of TV watching (OR = 109, 95% CI: 1.02–1.16). With the increase of the age of children, the prevalence of insufficient sleep increased gradually ( P < 0.05). The prevalence of insufficient sleep among boys was slightly higher than among girls. Results: The prevalence of insufficient sleep and bedtime delay among children aged 3 to 6 years was 11.67 and 56.85%, respectively. SAS 9.1.3 software was used to calculate the prevalence of bedtime delay and insufficient sleep, and logistic regression was used to explore potential influencing factors. We defined insufficient sleep as those who slept for < 10 h in children aged 3–5 years or 9 h in children aged 6 years within 24 h, and we define bedtime delay as children with bedtime after 21:00. Data was collected among parents by face-to-face questionnaire interview with signed informed consent. ![]() Methods: In 2018, we selected 8,586 children aged 3 to 6 years and their parents in Songjiang District, Shanghai. However, the prevalence of insufficient sleep and bedtime delay and related influencing factors among kindergarten children is limited in Shanghai, China. Bedtime delay induced by longer screen time and heavy study load is a common cause of sleep deprivation in children. Introduction: Sleep deprivation in children is a global public health problem that affects the physical and mental development of children. 3Songjiang Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai, China.2School of Public Health, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.1Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, China.Xi Chen 1 †, Yan Qiang 1 †, Xia Liu 2 †, Qing Yang 3, Qingqing Zhu 3, Bin Li 1 * and Ruiping Wang 1 * ![]() |